A question of artefacts
Analysis (find original file at
https://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/m0009b0s)
How should museums deal with contentious legacies?
Two years since the French President,
Emmanuel Macron, called for the restitution of objects taken at the
height of Europe’s empires, some French and Dutch museums have started
the process to hand back some artefacts. However, most of the UK’s main
institutions remain reluctant.
Should we empty our museums to make
amends for our colonial past? In this edition of Analysis, David Baker
speaks to people on all sides of the argument to get to the bottom of a
topic that is pitching the art world up against global politics.
Producer: Matt RussellEditor: Jasper Corbett
Picture Credit: Crown, gold and gilded
copper with glass beads, pigment and fabric, made in Ethiopia, 1600-1850
(c) Victoria and Albert Museum